Sunday, April 3, 2011

Upcoming eco-events

April 9 - Awakening the Dreamer Symposium, sponsored by the Wheaton Franciscans, "Where on Earth are we going? And what can we do about it?" - http://www.taucenter.org/atd.html

 April 13 - Earth Day Party - http://www.greendrinks.org/IL/Wheaton

April 16 - League of Women Voters of Wheaton announces their April program collaborating with A Rocha of Wheaton College, a student chapter of an international conservation group, "TAR CREEK" - http://wheatonlwvil.org/calendar.html

April 17 - Lombard's Helen Plum Library and the SIerra Club continue the Green Readin' book discussion series. On April 17, the group will discuss Bill McKibben's "Eaarth: Making Life on a Tough New Planet" - http://www.helenplum.org/adult-services

April 22 - EARTH DAY - http://www.earthday.org/

April 23 - Glen Ellyn Park District restoration work day at Churchill Park on St. Charles, just east of Bloomingdale Road - http://www.gepark.org/new_events.htm

April 30 - Glen Ellyn Recycling Extravaganza - http://www.glenellyn.org/index.asp
Prairie Path cleanup - http://www.ipp.org/ Great Western Trails cleanup, http://www.friendsofthegreatwesterntrails.com/

May 1 - Green Earth Fair, Naperville - McDonald Farm, 10S404 Knoch Knolls Road, Naperville. Native plants are for sale at this event, which features many other activities: presentations, vendor booths, etc. (I thank First Presbyterian Earthlings for the details)
http://www.greenearthinstitute.org/

May 7 - Village of Glen Ellyn's "Less is More" landscaping seminar and tour - http://www.glenellyn.org/Commissions/Environmental.html

May 14-15 - Green Festival Chicago, now at McCormick Place- http://www.greenfestivals.org/chi/updates/

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